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Table 1 Diagram of assessments

From: Effectiveness of a telephone-delivered psycho-behavioural intervention on depression in elderly with chronic heart failure: rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial

Measure

Screening

Baseline

Week 1

Week 2

Week 4

Week 8

Week 12

Week 24

Week 36

Early withdrawal

Depression and quality of life

 PHQ-9

X

         

 Suicide subscale of MINI

X

         

 CSI-D

X

         

 HAMD-17

X

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 QIDS-SR16

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 BDI-II

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 GDI-SR

 

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 MLHFQ

 

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cardiac function

 NYHA staging

X

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 6-min walk test

X

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 NT-proBNP

 

X

    

X

 

X

X

 Ultrasound cardiogram

 

X

    

X

 

X

X

Clinical records and logs

 Clinical symptoms and signs

X

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Vital signs

X

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Concomitant medications

 

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Adverse events log

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

  1. NYHA New York Heart Association, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9, CSI-D Community Screening Instrument for Dementia, HAMD-17 Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, MLHFQ Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-II, QIDS-SR16 Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology–Self-Report, GDI-SR Geriatric Depression Inventory, self-report version
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